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Saturday, August 16, 2008

More Fandom -

If you haven't already read Neil Gaiman'sCoraline, you really ought. (Make sure you find one with Dave McKean's eerie cover art though! It makes it better. That is maybe a whole other discussion however.) It's a whimsical, yet totally creepy success of a children's story. The reason that I bring this up now is that is currently being made into a 3D stop-motion movie, scheduled to be released February of 2009.

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AND there are very cool, behind-the-scenes featurettes that can be seen here. Take a gander.

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As soon as I saw this book I knew I'd love it and as soon as I read it it became one of my favorite books. I think Henry Selick of James And The Giant Peach is directing. And thanks for the Serendipity link! What a great sight!

It is wonderfully creepy. I loved it. But I think it would have given me nightmares if I'd read it as a child. I was already obsessed with the idea of doors into "somewhere else," and the other place Coraline visits would have been entirely too realistic for my febrile leetle brain, I suspect.

I met Neil Gaiman at a Library of Congress Bookfair in Washington DC. He was extremely kind, especially with his younger fans, who stood patiently in line to have their books signed by him. He just as patiently signed and signed and signed.

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From my earliest memories I've been captivated by the illustrations in
fairy tales and childrens books and couldn't think of anything else I'd
rather do when I was grown up than create my own.
When I'm not painting in the studio, I can probably be found working in
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